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Volleyball, Men

Date	21 July – 4 August 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia Coliseum, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia / The Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	141 from 12 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

In the now standard format, 12 teams competed, separated into two pools of six, followed by elimination and medal/placement matches. The qualifying teams were selected as follows: host nation (United States), World Cup (Italy, Netherlands, Brazil), Continental Qualifiers (Tunisia, Korea, Russia, Cuba, Argentina), and qualification tournaments (Serbia & Montenegro [Yugoslavia], Bulgaria, Poland).

The two dominant teams in the past four years had been Italy and the Netherlands. Italy had won the 1990 and 1994 World Championships and the 1993 and 1995 European Championships. But they had always been closely pushed by the Dutch team, silver medalists at the 1994 Worlds and both Europeans. The Netherlands had upset Italy in the quarter-finals at the 1992 Olympics and only a few weeks before the 1996 Olympics, defeated them in five sets in the final of the World League tournament in Rotterdam. In pool play, the two teams were drawn together in Group B, and Italy won their match easily in three sets. As expected, they both made it thru to the final, which was a titanic struggle. It went five sets, with the teams alternating set victories. The final set was very close, and Italy got to 15-14 and match point, but the Netherlands scored three straight points to win the gold medal, 17-15. All three medalists came out of Group B, as Serbia & Montenegro (Yugoslavia) defeated Russia in five sets to win the bronze medal, their ever volleyball medal. They missed their team captain, Dejan Brđović, for several matches, including the bronze medal match, as he left the team after his son died from a brain tumor.

In 1985, the Dutch started a program unique in the Netherlands, in which the entire national team would train together, not playing in the standard Dutch competitions. Named after their base (the Bankras hall), the goal of the “Bankrasmodel” was to win Olympic gold in 1992. After some initial success (a surprising fifth-place in 1988), the team fell apart, with various players signing lucrative contracts abroad, and coach Arie Selinger leaving the team. They all rejoined for the Barcelona Games and, after a poor start, upset Italy and Cuba to win a silver medal. With a new coach (Joop Alberda), they became a consistent force, but always finished behind Italy, until the 1996 Olympics. In 1999, Dutch TV viewers elected the gold medal in Atlanta as the “sporting moment of the 20th century.”

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	W	L	Pts	Sets	Points	Games	Points	Side Outs	Service Points	Spike Points	Block Points	Serves	Spikes	Blocks	Digs	Sets	Receptions
1		Netherlands	NED	7	1	15	21–6	375–269	–	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Gold
	1	Misha Latuhihin							2	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Henk Jan Held							8	37	97	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Brecht Rodenburg							3	1	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Guido Görtzen							8	37	93	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Richard Schuil							7	5	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Ron Zwerver							8	63	75	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Bas van de Goor							8	46	131	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Jan Posthuma							7	3	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Olof van der Meulen							8	77	144	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Peter Blangé							8	17	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Rob Grabert							5	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Mike van de Goor							2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Joop Alberda
2		Italy	ITA	7	1	15	23–5	406–279	–	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Silver
	1	Andrea Gardini							8	34	106	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Marco Meoni							8	10	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Pasquale Gravina							8	22	43	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Paolo Tofoli							5	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Samuele Papi							8	42	62	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Andrea Sartoretti							8	12	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Marco Bracci							6	8	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Lorenzo Bernardi							8	63	105	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Luca Cantagalli							8	21	58	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Andrea Zorzi							3	3	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Andrea Giani							7	65	145	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Vigor Bovolenta							7	16	42	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Julio Velasco
3		Yugoslavia	SCG	5	3	13	16–14	374–336	–	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Bronze
	1	Đorđe Đurić							5	16	60	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Žarko Petrović							8	14	47	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Vladimir Batez							8	32	108	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Željko Tanasković							8	43	46	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Dejan Brđović							3	10	28	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Đula Mešter							8	18	47	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Slobodan Kovač							8	30	52	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Nikola Grbić							7	29	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Vladimir Grbić							7	54	125	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Rajko Jokanović							3	0	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Andrija Gerić							3	23	57	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Goran Vujević							8	25	54	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Zoran Gajić
4		Russian Federation	RUS	3	5	11	11–15	305–337	–	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Oleg Shatunov							8	31	50	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Vadim Khamuttskikh							8	14	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Sergey Orlenko							2	0	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Ruslan Olikhver							5	7	30	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Aleksey Kazakov							8	7	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Dmitry Fomin							6	45	126	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Sergey Tetyukhin							7	9	28	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Pavel Shishkin							8	30	72	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Konstantin Ushakov							6	6	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Stanislav Dineykin							8	39	138	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Igor Shulepov							8	28	83	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Valery Goryushev							7	17	59	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Vyacheslav Platonov
5		Brazil	BRA	5	3	13	18–10	367–331	–	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Marcelo Negrão							6	24	70	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Cássio Pereira							4	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Giovane							8	72	155	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Paulão							7	11	30	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Maurício							8	8	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Pinha							8	20	93	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Max							6	21	33	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Nalbert							7	6	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Tande							8	86	122	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Gilsão Mão-de-Pilão							3	5	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Carlos Schwanke							8	25	39	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Carlão (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Zé Roberto
6		Cuba	CUB	5	3	13	15–15	356–347	–	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Freddy Brooks							7	51	94	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Nicolás Vives							4	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Ricardo Vantes							8	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Joël Despaigne							8	36	118	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Rodolfo Sánchez							5	20	34	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Raúl Diago							8	34	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Osvaldo Hernández							8	41	123	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Alaín Roca							8	41	55	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Ihosvany Hernández							8	41	104	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Ángel Beltrán							6	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Alexis Batle							3	9	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Lázaro Marín							4	5	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Juan Jesús Díaz
7		Bulgaria	BUL	4	4	12	15–16	379–396	–	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Martin Stoev							7	41	82	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Lyudmil Naydenov							8	9	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Lyubomir Ganev							8	47	136	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Dimo Tonev							7	29	49	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Nikolay Zhelyazkov							8	60	108	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Plamen Khristov							7	3	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Petar Uzunov							8	7	27	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Nayden Naydenov							7	31	80	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Nikolay Ivanov							6	13	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Ivaylo Gavrilov							8	20	51	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Evgeni Ivanov							4	7	18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Plamen Konstantinov							5	16	32	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Bogdan Kyuchukov
8		Argentina	ARG	3	5	11	13–18	362–404	–	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Marcos Milinkovic							8	75	156	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Jorge Alberto Elgueta							8	41	72	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Sebastián Jabif							8	31	85	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Leandro Maly							8	18	35	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Guillermo Quaini							8	25	60	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Carlos Weber							8	7	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Fernando Borrero							7	9	46	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Alejandro Romanó							8	15	71	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Sebastián Firpo							5	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Pablo Pereira							8	31	67	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Guillermo Martínez							7	4	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Eduardo Rodríguez							7	4	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Daniel Castellani
=9		United States	USA	2	3	7	10–9	241–233	–	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Lloy Ball							5	13	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	John Hyden							2	13	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Bob Ctvrtlik							5	21	37	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Bryan Ivie							5	29	77	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Tom Sorensen							3	17	29	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Scott Fortune							2	4	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Jeff Stork							2	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Jeff Nygaard							5	33	51	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Mike Lambert							5	36	68	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Dan Landry							5	15	41	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Brett Winslow							2	0	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Ethan Watts (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Frederick Sturm
=9		Republic of Korea	KOR	1	4	6	3–12	156–198	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Im Do-Heon							5	14	42	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Kim Se-Jin							5	25	79	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Sin Yeong-Cheol							4	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Bang Sin-Bong							5	7	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Kim Sang-U							5	20	58	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Ha Jong-Hwa							2	6	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Choi Cheon-Sik							4	3	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Park Hui-Sang							5	9	57	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Lee Seong-Hui							3	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Sin Jeong-Seop							1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Sin Jin-Sik							5	21	49	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Park Seon-Chul							1	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Song Man-Duk
=11		Poland	POL	0	5	5	1–12	168–217	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Andrzej Stelmach							5	3	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Damian Dacewicz							5	6	37	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Krzysztof Stelmach							5	27	61	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Mariusz Szyszko							5	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Marcin Nowak							5	12	28	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Piotr Gruszka							5	15	70	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Krzysztof Śmigiel							5	16	27	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Leszek Urbanowicz							5	4	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Witold Roman							5	3	32	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Paweł Zagumny							4	2	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	19	Krzysztof Janczak							4	3	23	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Robert Prygiel (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Wiktor Krebok
=11		Tunisia	TUN	0	5	5	1–15	98–240	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Ghazi Koubaa							5	10	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Riadh Hedhili							5	7	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Mohamed Baghdadi							5	17	86	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Riadh Ghandri							5	13	47	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Atif Loukil							3	7	28	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Khaled Bel Aïd							5	9	26	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Hichem Ben Romdhane							5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Tarek Aouni							4	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Faycal Ben Amara							2	3	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Noureddine Hfaiedh							1	0	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Ghazi Guidara							2	3	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	18	Majdi Toumi							1	2	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Fathi M'kaouar

Preliminary Round (21 – 29 July 1996)


Referee #1 (Match #1)	Qu Zhengzhong	CHN
Referee #2 (Match #1)	Guillermo Paredes	ARG
Referee #1 (Match #2)	Cho Young-Ho	KOR
Referee #2 (Match #2)	Dean Turner	AUS
Referee #1 (Match #3)	Jarmo Salonen	FIN
Referee #2 (Match #3)	Peter Henry	CAN
Referee #1 (Match #4)	Peter Henry	CAN
Referee #2 (Match #4)	Cho Young-Ho	KOR
Referee #1 (Match #5)	Patrick Rachard	FRA
Referee #2 (Match #5)	Gennady Zharikov	RUS
Referee #1 (Match #6)	Takashi Shimoyama	JPN
Referee #2 (Match #6)	Qu Zhengzhong	CHN
Referee #1 (Match #7)	Dean Turner	AUS
Referee #2 (Match #7)	Petrus Scheffer	NED
Referee #1 (Match #8)	Qu Zhengzhong	CHN
Referee #2 (Match #8)	Pasquale Troia	ITA
Referee #1 (Match #9)	Songsak Chareonpong	THA
Referee #2 (Match #9)	Gennady Zharikov	RUS
Referee #1 (Match #10)	Gennady Zharikov	RUS
Referee #2 (Match #10)	Patrick Rachard	FRA
Referee #1 (Match #11)	Petrus Scheffer	NED
Referee #2 (Match #11)	Pasquale Troia	ITA
Referee #1 (Match #12)	Takashi Shimoyama	JPN
Referee #2 (Match #12)	Jarmo Salonen	FIN
Referee #1 (Match #13)	Abdullah Al-Khelaifi	KSA
Referee #2 (Match #13)	Petrus Scheffer	NED
Referee #1 (Match #14)	Qu Zhengzhong	CHN
Referee #2 (Match #14)	Dean Turner	AUS
Referee #1 (Match #15)	Patrick Rachard	FRA
Referee #2 (Match #15)	Konstantinos Margaritis	GRE
Referee #1 (Match #1)	Abdullah Al-Khelaifi	KSA
Referee #2 (Match #1)	Thomas Blue	USA
Referee #1 (Match #2)	José Sanler	CUB
Referee #2 (Match #2)	Konstantinos Margaritis	GRE
Referee #1 (Match #3)	Takashi Shimoyama	JPN
Referee #2 (Match #3)	Barry Dragon	USA
Referee #1 (Match #4)	Jarmo Salonen	FIN
Referee #2 (Match #4)	Frank Leuthäußer	GER
Referee #1 (Match #5)	Fernando Nava	MEX
Referee #2 (Match #5)	Neill Luebke	USA
Referee #1 (Match #6)	Barry Dragon	USA
Referee #2 (Match #6)	José Sanler	CUB
Referee #1 (Match #7)	Jarmo Salonen	FIN
Referee #2 (Match #7)	Guillermo Paredes	ARG
Referee #1 (Match #8)	Neill Luebke	USA
Referee #2 (Match #8)	Takashi Shimoyama	JPN
Referee #1 (Match #9)	Peter Henry	CAN
Referee #2 (Match #9)	Konstantinos Margaritis	GRE
Referee #1 (Match #10)	Frank Leuthäußer	GER
Referee #2 (Match #10)	Qu Zhengzhong	CHN
Referee #1 (Match #11)	Konstantinos Margaritis	GRE
Referee #2 (Match #11)	Gabriel Giménez	ESP
Referee #1 (Match #12)	Barry Dragon	USA
Referee #2 (Match #12)	Josebel Palmeirim	BRA
Referee #1 (Match #13)	Guillermo Paredes	ARG
Referee #2 (Match #13)	Jarmo Salonen	FIN
Referee #1 (Match #14)	Thomas Blue	USA
Referee #2 (Match #14)	Josebel Palmeirim	BRA
Referee #1 (Match #15)	Peter Henry	CAN
Referee #2 (Match #15)	Fernando Nava	MEX

Group A (21 – 29 July 1996)

Round-robin pools.


Referee #1 (Match #1)	Qu Zhengzhong	CHN
Referee #2 (Match #1)	Guillermo Paredes	ARG
Referee #1 (Match #2)	Cho Young-Ho	KOR
Referee #2 (Match #2)	Dean Turner	AUS
Referee #1 (Match #3)	Jarmo Salonen	FIN
Referee #2 (Match #3)	Peter Henry	CAN
Referee #1 (Match #4)	Peter Henry	CAN
Referee #2 (Match #4)	Cho Young-Ho	KOR
Referee #1 (Match #5)	Patrick Rachard	FRA
Referee #2 (Match #5)	Gennady Zharikov	RUS
Referee #1 (Match #6)	Takashi Shimoyama	JPN
Referee #2 (Match #6)	Qu Zhengzhong	CHN
Referee #1 (Match #7)	Dean Turner	AUS
Referee #2 (Match #7)	Petrus Scheffer	NED
Referee #1 (Match #8)	Qu Zhengzhong	CHN
Referee #2 (Match #8)	Pasquale Troia	ITA
Referee #1 (Match #9)	Songsak Chareonpong	THA
Referee #2 (Match #9)	Gennady Zharikov	RUS
Referee #1 (Match #10)	Gennady Zharikov	RUS
Referee #2 (Match #10)	Patrick Rachard	FRA
Referee #1 (Match #11)	Petrus Scheffer	NED
Referee #2 (Match #11)	Pasquale Troia	ITA
Referee #1 (Match #12)	Takashi Shimoyama	JPN
Referee #2 (Match #12)	Jarmo Salonen	FIN
Referee #1 (Match #13)	Abdullah Al-Khelaifi	KSA
Referee #2 (Match #13)	Petrus Scheffer	NED
Referee #1 (Match #14)	Qu Zhengzhong	CHN
Referee #2 (Match #14)	Dean Turner	AUS
Referee #1 (Match #15)	Patrick Rachard	FRA
Referee #2 (Match #15)	Konstantinos Margaritis	GRE

Pos	NOC	W	L	Pts	Sets	Points
1	CUB	4	1	9	12–5	233–191
2	BRA	3	2	8	10–6	210–187
3	BUL	3	2	8	10–8	225–212
4	ARG	3	2	8	9–9	222–225
5	USA	2	3	7	10–9	241–233
6	POL	0	5	5	1–15	151–234

Match #1	21 Jul 19:10	CUB	3 – 0	BUL
Match #2	21 Jul 19:30	USA	3 – 0	POL
Match #3	21 Jul 22:00	ARG	3 – 1	BRA
Match #4	23 Jul 12:30	BUL	3 – 0	BRA
Match #5	23 Jul 16:00	USA	3 – 0	ARG
Match #6	23 Jul 22:00	CUB	3 – 0	POL
Match #7	25 Jul 10:00	ARG	3 – 1	BUL
Match #8	25 Jul 16:00	BRA	3 – 0	POL
Match #9	25 Jul 19:30	CUB	3 – 2	USA
Match #10	27 Jul 16:00	CUB	3 – 0	ARG
Match #11	27 Jul 18:30	BUL	3 – 0	POL
Match #12	27 Jul 19:30	BRA	3 – 0	USA
Match #13	29 Jul 10:00	ARG	3 – 1	POL
Match #14	29 Jul 19:30	BUL	3 – 2	USA
Match #15	29 Jul 22:40	BRA	3 – 0	CUB

Group B (21 – 29 July 1996)

Round-robin pools.


Referee #1 (Match #1)	Abdullah Al-Khelaifi	KSA
Referee #2 (Match #1)	Thomas Blue	USA
Referee #1 (Match #2)	José Sanler	CUB
Referee #2 (Match #2)	Konstantinos Margaritis	GRE
Referee #1 (Match #3)	Takashi Shimoyama	JPN
Referee #2 (Match #3)	Barry Dragon	USA
Referee #1 (Match #4)	Jarmo Salonen	FIN
Referee #2 (Match #4)	Frank Leuthäußer	GER
Referee #1 (Match #5)	Fernando Nava	MEX
Referee #2 (Match #5)	Neill Luebke	USA
Referee #1 (Match #6)	Barry Dragon	USA
Referee #2 (Match #6)	José Sanler	CUB
Referee #1 (Match #7)	Jarmo Salonen	FIN
Referee #2 (Match #7)	Guillermo Paredes	ARG
Referee #1 (Match #8)	Neill Luebke	USA
Referee #2 (Match #8)	Takashi Shimoyama	JPN
Referee #1 (Match #9)	Peter Henry	CAN
Referee #2 (Match #9)	Konstantinos Margaritis	GRE
Referee #1 (Match #10)	Frank Leuthäußer	GER
Referee #2 (Match #10)	Qu Zhengzhong	CHN
Referee #1 (Match #11)	Konstantinos Margaritis	GRE
Referee #2 (Match #11)	Gabriel Giménez	ESP
Referee #1 (Match #12)	Barry Dragon	USA
Referee #2 (Match #12)	Josebel Palmeirim	BRA
Referee #1 (Match #13)	Guillermo Paredes	ARG
Referee #2 (Match #13)	Jarmo Salonen	FIN
Referee #1 (Match #14)	Thomas Blue	USA
Referee #2 (Match #14)	Josebel Palmeirim	BRA
Referee #1 (Match #15)	Peter Henry	CAN
Referee #2 (Match #15)	Fernando Nava	MEX

Pos	NOC	W	L	Pts	Sets	Points
1	ITA	5	0	10	15–0	225–138
2	NED	4	1	9	12–3	209–131
3	SCG	3	2	8	9–8	215–191
4	RUS	2	3	7	7–9	181–216
5	KOR	1	4	6	3–12	156–198
6	TUN	0	5	5	1–15	113–225

Match #1	21 Jul 10:00	NED	3 – 0	TUN
Match #2	21 Jul 12:30	ITA	3 – 0	KOR
Match #3	21 Jul 16:00	SCG	3 – 1	RUS
Match #4	23 Jul 10:00	NED	3 – 0	RUS
Match #5	23 Jul 18:30	ITA	3 – 0	TUN
Match #6	23 Jul 19:30	SCG	3 – 0	KOR
Match #7	25 Jul 12:35	ITA	3 – 0	NED
Match #8	25 Jul 18:30	SCG	3 – 1	TUN
Match #9	25 Jul 22:30	RUS	3 – 0	KOR
Match #10	27 Jul 10:00	ITA	3 – 0	RUS
Match #11	27 Jul 12:30	NED	3 – 0	SCG
Match #12	27 Jul 22:00	KOR	3 – 0	TUN
Match #13	29 Jul 12:55	ITA	3 – 0	SCG
Match #14	29 Jul 16:00	RUS	3 – 0	TUN
Match #15	29 Jul 18:30	NED	3 – 0	KOR

Quarter-Finals (31 July 1996)

Single-elimination.

Referee #1 (Match #1)	Qu Zhengzhong	CHN
Referee #2 (Match #1)	Cho Young-Ho	KOR
Referee #1 (Match #2)	Frank Leuthäußer	GER
Referee #2 (Match #2)	Thomas Blue	USA
Referee #1 (Match #3)	Barry Dragon	USA
Referee #2 (Match #3)	Patrick Rachard	FRA
Referee #1 (Match #4)	Takashi Shimoyama	JPN
Referee #2 (Match #4)	Songsak Chareonpong	THA

Match #1	31 Jul 13:30	SCG	3 – 2	BRA
Match #2	31 Jul 16:40	NED	3 – 1	BUL
Match #3	31 Jul 19:30	ITA	3 – 1	ARG
Match #4	31 Jul 22:00	RUS	3 – 0	CUB

Classification Round 5-8 (1 August 1996)

Classification matches.

Referee #1 (Match #1)	Konstantinos Margaritis	GRE
Referee #2 (Match #1)	Jarmo Salonen	FIN
Referee #1 (Match #2)	Cho Young-Ho	KOR
Referee #2 (Match #2)	Qu Zhengzhong	CHN

Match #1	01 Aug 8:00	BRA	3 – 1	ARG
Match #2	01 Aug 10:55	CUB	3 – 1	BUL

Semi-Finals (1 – 2 August 1996)

Single-elimination.

Referee #1 (Match #1)	José Sanler	CUB
Referee #2 (Match #1)	Frank Leuthäußer	GER
Referee #1 (Match #2)	Josebel Palmeirim	BRA
Referee #2 (Match #2)	Patrick Rachard	FRA

Match #1	02 Aug 19:30	NED	3 – 0	RUS
Match #2	02 Aug 22:00	ITA	3 – 1	SCG

Final Round (2 – 4 August 1996)

Medal round.

Referee #1 (Match 1/2)	José Sanler	CUB
Referee #2 (Match 1/2)	Guillermo Paredes	ARG
Referee #1 (Match 3/4)	Takashi Shimoyama	JPN
Referee #2 (Match 3/4)	Konstantinos Margaritis	GRE
Referee #1 (Match 5/6)	Jarmo Salonen	FIN
Referee #2 (Match 5/6)	Petrus Scheffer	NED
Referee #1 (Match 7/8)	Neill Luebke	USA
Referee #2 (Match 7/8)	Peter Henry	CAN

Match 1/2	04 Aug 14:35	NED	3 – 2	ITA
Match 3/4	04 Aug 12:00	SCG	3 – 1	RUS
Match 5/6	02 Aug 14:40	BRA	3 – 0	CUB
Match 7/8	02 Aug 12:00	BUL	3 – 2	ARG

Rankings

Points
Side Outs